Samshvilde (Georgian: სამშვილდე, [samʃʷilde]) is a ruined fortified city and archaeological site in Georgia, in the country's south, near the homonymous modern-day village in the Tetritsqaro Municipality, Kvemo Kartli region. The ruins of the city, mostly medieval structures, stretch for a distance of 2.5 km in length and 400 metres (1,300 ft) in width in the Khrami river valley.[1] Some of the most recognizable monuments are the Samshvilde Sioni church and a citadel erected on a rocky river promontory.
Samshvilde features in the medieval Georgian annals as one of the oldest cities of ancient Kartli, dating back to the 3rd century BC. In the Middle Ages, it was an important stronghold as well as a lively commercial and industrial city. Samshvilde changed hands several times. At the end of the 10th century, it became capital of the Armenian kings of Tashir-Dzoraget and was incorporated in the Kingdom of Georgia in 1064. From the mid-13th century on, as fortunes of the medieval Georgian monarchy faded, Samshvilde went into decline and was reduced to a peripheral military outpost. By the end of the 18th century, it was in ruins.
Samshvilde (Georgian: სამშვილდე, [samʃʷilde]) is a ruined fortified city and archaeological site in Georgia, in the country's south, near the homonymous...
of Georgia and the Seljuk Empire in 1110. When the Georgians captured Samshvilde and Dzerna in 1110, the Seljuks felt this kind of defeat very hard and...
The Samshvilde Sioni inscription (Georgian: სამშვილდის სიონის წარწერა) is the Georgian language inscription written in the Georgian Asomtavruli script...
Samshvilde Canyon Natural Monument (Georgian: სამშვილდის კანიონი) is part of the Khrami gorge, and provided natural defense to the Samshvilde fortress...
Samshvilde Sioni church (Georgian: სამშვილდის სიონი, romanized: samshvildis sioni) is a ruined medieval Christian cathedral and one of the main architectural...
of Seljuk Empire in southern Georgia, the sultan handed the duchies of Samshvilde and Arran to a certain "Sarang of Gandza", referred to as Savthang in...
Over the course of 1110 to 1118, David IV captured the fortresses of Samshvilde, Rustavi, Gishi, and Lori. Starting in 1118 through 1120, David IV began...
monuments such as the Bolnisi Sioni, the Pitareti Monastery, Birtvisi, Samshvilde and the old inhabited area near Dmanisi "საქართველოს მთავრობა – მთავარი"...
city by King Tiridates II. From c. 914 to 921, they ruled the town of Samshvilde as vassals of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia.[citation needed] Vryonis...
retaliated against the Seljuk settlement and recaptured the town of Samshvilde, which was added to the royal domains, without a major battle. Following...
(Arran) of the Georgian source. The couple settled at Mirdat's appanage of Samshvilde, where Sagdukht converted to Christianity and built the church of Sioni...
by Musa Yabgu. King Bagrat IV of Georgia captures the fortress city of Samshvilde, the capital of the neighboring Tashir-Dzoraget. January 4 – The Aztecs...
responded by invading Georgia with 20,000 troops, destroyed the city of Samshvilde and sacked Tbilisi before returning to Tabriz. He was accompanied by Shaykh...
personally supervised successful efforts at recapturing the strongholds of Samshvilde (1110) and Rustavi (1115) from the Seljuk Turks. In 1118, he accompanied...
prince of Somkhiti and Sabaratiano (Kvemo Kartli) with the residence at Samshvilde. In 1747, Teimuraz made a trip to Iran, leaving his son Erekle II in charge...
They had two known sons: Demetrius, ruler of Dmanisi. George, ruler of Samshvilde. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vakhtang III of Georgia. Marek...
Georgian general and duke (eristavi) of Kldekari, Argveti, and Orbeti-Samshvilde of the House of Liparitid-Baguashi from 1059 to 1080/89. Ivane was the...
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